Zendframework session validation vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub. Impact type from CWE-384.
Summary
`Zend\Session` session validators do not work as expected if set prior to the start of a session. For instance, the following test case fails (where `$this->manager` is an instance of `Zend\Session\SessionManager`): ``` $this ->manager ->getValidatorChain() ->attach('session.validate', array(new RemoteAddr(), 'isValid')); $this->manager->start(); $this->assertSame( array( 'Zend\Session\Validator\RemoteAddr' =3D> '', ), $_SESSION['__ZF']['_VALID'] ); ``` The implication is that subsequent calls to `Zend\Session\SessionManager#start()` (in later requests, assuming a session was created) will not have any validator metadata attached, which causes any validator metadata to be re-built from scratch, thus marking the session as valid. An attacker is thus able to simply ignore session validators such as RemoteAddr or HttpUserAgent, since the "signature" that these validators check against is not being stored in the session.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | zendframework/zendframework (Packagist) | 2.0.0 to before 2.2.9 | 2.2.9 | Patch available | GHSA-62f6-h68r-3jpw |
| — | zendframework/zendframework (Packagist) | 2.3.0 to before 2.3.4 | 2.3.4 | Patch available | GHSA-62f6-h68r-3jpw |
- zendframework/zendframework (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 2.0.0 to before 2.2.9 Fixed in 2.2.9 Patch available GHSA-62f6-h68r-3jpw
- zendframework/zendframework (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 2.3.0 to before 2.3.4 Fixed in 2.3.4 Patch available GHSA-62f6-h68r-3jpw
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-62f6-h68r-3jpw zendframework/zendframework (Packagist) Fixed in 2.2.9 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-62f6-h68r-3jpw zendframework/zendframework (Packagist) Fixed in 2.3.4 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-62f6-h68r-3jpw
References
Other 9
- https://github.com/zendframework/zendframework/commit/1672aee3531205e5c1a0b96d8c680124ec93db09
- https://github.com/zendframework/zendframework/commit/282135561cbf98cc93274c57966b021fd6e051b9
- https://github.com/zendframework/zendframework/commit/5f06a1f80a1aaeac87a46bfa9b63a5a74a14866c
- https://github.com/zendframework/zendframework/commit/9493d725ef869e6ce7ab78167539223396fda491
- https://github.com/zendframework/zendframework/commit/ddbf43ac3fe28fe98a4104993d0cb4bffb13a026
- https://github.com/zendframework/zendframework/commit/f22a83c611732fbc0328f0f887bccc075be1fd56
- https://framework.zend.com/security/advisory/ZF2015-01
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/zendframework/zendframework/ZF2015-01.yaml
- https://github.com/zendframework/zendframework
Sources
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